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3 tips to help you decide on whether to focus on a niche

In many of our previous blogs we have discussed how to find your niche. (See 5 steps to finding your niche – part 1 and part 2, business development time savers: have a niche – part 1, part 2, part 3) You could say that we have examined the sixty million dollar question of helping…

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Business Development Clinic: 6 tips to get back in touch with old colleagues

Getting back in touch with people and old colleagues is something that many of us find difficult. Regardless of whether your motive is driven by a commercial need or you are just curious, it doesn’t make it any easier to get back in touch. I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of How to Make…

The business card test of credibility
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The business card test of credibility

As I mentioned yesterday, I recently attended the Professional Speaking Association’s spring convention, Creativity Live (See here for 5 ways you can present like the pros). At the convention were many different forms of speakers, from a funeral speaker (yes, seriously) through to people who had run 250 marathons in one year. There was also…

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Business Development Clinic: How do I qualify a lead?

Today’s business development clinic has come to us via a conversation with an aspiring partner who was finding that he was spending too much time chasing potential clients which didn’t go anywhere. We asked him, did he qualify his leads at any stage in the business development process. He looked at us blankly… This is…

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Business Development Clinic: Your 5 a day

In today’s business development clinic, Jon Baker, discusses the 5 networking activities you should do daily. As Jon explains here, successful business networking is about taking small steps, every day. Growing a great network takes time, but then you can harvest the results. This article is about 5 steps that you can take every day…

Business Development Clinic: 7 simple tips to help you memorise people’s names
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Business Development Clinic: 7 simple tips to help you memorise people’s names

Visualise yourself working the room…. How many people are you meeting at the event? 5, 10, 15 or more? Do you find it hard to memorise people’s names? It’s acutely embarrassing to forget someone’s name – and how many of us feel we are good at remembering names? In fact, forgetting people names at networking…

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Business Development Clinic: How to help others remember your name

Whether you are trying to come to the notice of your managing partner, or make a positive impact at a networking event, your first hurdle is to help others remember your name. After all, it’s up to the other person to memorise your name, using whatever technique works for them. I’m not sure about you,…

Business Development Clinic: How to eliminate presentation nerves
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Business Development Clinic: How to eliminate presentation nerves

One of the best ways of building your profile is to speak at events. These could be internal events or external events. In fact, clients will often require you to present at a pitch for a large piece of work. Which means it is absolutely in your interest to become an effective and confident presenter….

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Business Development Clinic: 6 tips to help you become the Go-To-Expert

This article was originally published in ACCA’s in-practice e-zine. Differentiating yourself from your peers is the challenge that every accountant faces. With today’s clients more inclined to look for a better service or deal, the pressure is on for every firm and professional to justify their fee levels and increase the value they bring to…

needs to be rewritten/updated (from 2013) Is your on-line presence hindering your job search? –
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needs to be rewritten/updated (from 2013) Is your on-line presence hindering your job search? –

this needs a good tidy-up and updated info before republishing as a new article Autumn St. John is the content manager for Position Ignite, a website which offers a more inspiring, fun, insightful and creative approach to career support. In this blog post she looks at online reputation management – essential for today’s savvy joined up networkers….

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